Saturday, April 26, 2025

Homily for the Sunday of Thomas the Apostle, Called “The Twin,” in the Orthodox Church

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  Acts 5:12-20 ; John 20:19-31 Christ is Risen!  Indeed, He is Risen!             Today we continue to celebrate the most fundamental and jo...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Homily for Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church

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  Philippians 4:4-9; John 12:1-18 The Desert Father Saint Antony the Great once tested a group of monks by asking them, beginning with th...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 10:32-45                The more clearly that we see our personal brokenness, the more tempted we may be to think ...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of Saint John Climacus, Author of “The Ladder,” in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 6:13-20; Mark 9:17-31               If we have embraced the spiritual practices of Lent with any level of integrity, the weaknes...
Saturday, March 22, 2025

Homily for the Third Sunday of Great Lent with Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 4:14-5:6 ; Mark 8:34-9:1              Today we venerate the precious and lifegiving Cross upon which Christ offered Himself for ...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Homily for the Second Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12              We will misunderstand these blessed weeks of Lent if we assume that they are intended to help...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Homily for the First Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of Orthodoxy) & The Holy and Great Forty Martyrs of Sebastia in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 12:1-10; John 1:43-51   On this first Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the restoration of icons centuries ago in the Byzanti...